Listen to Neil Young’s Intimate 1970 Set ‘Live at the Cellar Door’

A rare and intimate series of live solo Neil Young shows from 1970 have been made into a brand new album, Live at the Cellar Door, which can be streamed in its entirety more than a week ahead of the official Dec. 10 release date.

The album was recorded over six shows held at Washington, D.C. venue the Cellar Door towards the end of 1970, less than a year after the dissolution of the band Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young. The concerts were among Young’s first following the instant success of his third solo album, After the Gold Rush, which had been released earlier that same year.

According to Rolling Stone, the solo acoustic Cellar Door concerts were booked in preparation for two high-profile gigs later in the month at New York’s prestigious Carnegie Hall.